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Chapter Eleven: The Second Task

It was the dreaded morning of the second triwizard task and Paige was sitting on her window sill, rethinking about her way of getting to the merpeople in the lake. She was going to use a Yamani charm which enabled her to talk and breath like a merperson until she surfaced the lake. She was also going to enchant her feet and hands to be webbed to help her get down the lake faster.

The way back would be harder on her, with her 'thing she will miss most'. The only thing, besides Harry, would be her sister Penny. But, Penny was dead. Paige stood, and left the dorm. She entered the Common Room to cheers and went down to breakfast. When Paige took a piece of toast and was just finishing it, Alanna came over. "Paige, the task starts in 20 minutes. You better get down to the lake." Paige nodded, swallowed her toast and left at a sprint to the boats to the middle of the lake.

When she got to the raised platforms, Paige was ushered to the champion starting area. She took off her cloak and stowed her wand in the wand holder strapped to her leg. She walked up to the starting block where they would dive off and McGonagall did the introductions. Paige heard the sound of the cannon and dived into the water, saying the spells as she did. When she hit the water, her hands and feet were webbed and she could breath.

She put her wand into her wand holder and dived down into the black deep water. She swam and swam. She checked her water proof watch and saw that she had 45 minutes left. She dived super charged and swam into the city of the Merpeople. Every now and then, she'd see a merperson come out of a house and look at her. She looked at the center of the city and saw six floating people. She swam towards the centre and saw them.

There was five other people Paige didn't know. Paige saw the sixth person ... it was Penny! Her sister Penny, not her cousin Penny. Paige swam forward more. Then, as she approached the sleeping figures, she saw a badly transfixured shark swimming at her. It was Krum. He swam for the floating girl with bushy wet hair. Hermione! Krum did like her. He bit the rope and swam up. Paige looked at her sister and drew her wand. She said a spell, but as she was casting it, Fredrick, followled by Elizabeth swam into her, knocking her down.

They got their person and swam away. Paige's arm had started bleeding again. The one with the cuts. She swam up and cut Penny free. She grabbed her arm and looked at the two other hostages. There was Gabrielle Delacour and Ron Weasley. She drew her wand and pointed it at Gabrielle's rope. A merman speeded up to her and said. "Only One." Paige shook her head. "She's my friend to." Gabrielle was Penny's not Paige's friend. But, Paige had met her. Paige let Penny sink down and saw Harry swim up. "Harry!" she said, in a bubble. Harry looked at her and took out a knife. He cut Ron free and smiled at Paige. Paige smiled back and swam down to grab Penny.

She drew her wand and said. "Move, or I'll curse you." The merpeople scattered and Paige cut Gabrielle free. She grabbed their necks of their robes and started to swim up. It was hard and her arm was still bleeding. She swam and swam. Soon, her air was getting cut off. The spell had stopped working. She pushed Penny and Gabrielle up and started to sink. Grindylows suddenly surrounded her. She fought. They cut. She got a cut on the side of her face and her arm was now broken. She was sinking into the reeds and suddenly shouted a Yamani blasting spell. She flew forward with the spell, out of the water and slammed hard onto the champion's platform. She coughed and coughed. People surrounded her and she healed her cuts. She was sitting and Harry ran forward. He put his blanket over her shivering self and hugged her. She smiled. Soon, Bagman stood and said the results:

Harry Potter

5 7 5 8 5 30

Victor Krum

6 2 10 3 8 29

Fredrick Beau

4 8 4 9 3 28

Fleur Delacour

7 3 8 5 7 30

Elizabeth Jesslaw

7 8 4 8 9 36

Paige Willows

10 10 10 7 1 38

(LtoR: Madam Maxine, Bagman, Karkaroff, Crouch, Umbridge)

She'd come first again. Her total score was 84. She was coming first, then was Harry on 70, then Krum on 67 and Elizabeth on 66. Followed by Fleur on 59 and last but not least, Fredrick on 54. Paige got up, after hearing her score and with Harry's help, walked over to the boats back to the castle. Once back at the castle, the Champions were briefed on the next task saying that they would be informed three months before the task.

Then, all six of them were ordered to the hostipal wing for a check up. Paige waited in line. Krum, Fredrick and Elizabeth had been healed and it was Fleur Delacour's turn. She had been attacked by the Grindylows and didn't get to her hostage. She got healed by Thayet and it was Harry's turn. Paige stood watching her aunt heal her boyfriend's wounds. He had a minor scratch. Then it was Paige's turn. She sat on the bed in front of Thayet and Thayet went to heal her. As she approached Paige, she stopped. "Aunt, what's wrong?" asked Paige.

Thayet stammered and said. "You have the Healing Gift in you." Paige looked up at her Aunt and said. "The ... the Healing Gift? But ... no one can have three Gifts. Its not natural Aunt." Thayet stumbled back and said. "It is in you. You have it from your sisters, from the Charmed Ones." The Charmed sisters were three triplets who were famous Healers. The triplets were named after Piper, Prue and Phoebe Halliwell. There was a fourth, but only three sisters could be Charmed at once. The fourth was Paige Cooper, the Charmed Sister's long lost sister.

After the oldest sister had died, Prue, Paige Cooper had replaced her. After 100 years they had died and no one else, except Prue, Piper, Phoebe and now Paige Willows had gotten their Gift. Thayet also had their Gift, but her's was in school healing, not Charmed Healing. Paige looked at her Aunt and thought about the purple flames from her dream two nights before. That was her power. She held out her arm which had the cuts from Umbridge and concentrated. She thought of the power and a burst of raw purple magic appeared as a ball of purple flame. She held it to her injuries and they healed. Then it disappeared and Paige stood. As good as new.